Jean Symon, Session Clerk at St James’ Church, gave the following speech at Rev. Graham Crawford’s Farewell Party in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday 06 February 2016, prior to handing over gifts from the congregation to Graham and Jane (ad libs in italics):
There are good stories about fishing……
Fourteen years ago or so, we went in search of a minister to lead this faithful congregation.
The search was quite long, and proved to be quite difficult. There were those who really wanted to join us here in Lossiemouth, and they were very keen; it’s just that we hadn’t yet found the right minister.
So, although, we travelled to picturesque spots in the south of Scotland, meeting people, we were back to the drawing board.
So we felt we had to fish in deeper, more remote, waters. [Read more…]
